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WHO ARE WE?

On the road since October 2015 - professional communicator and musician

Sophia Cheng

Communications

After graduating in Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience, Sophia travelled for a year from London to New York, the long way round. Her travels took her north to Siberia and east to Papua New Guinea and beyond.

Inspired by her experiences, she worked at the Environmental Investigation Agency developing all aspects of their digital communications. She also has 2 years experience in corporate communications, managing large scale internal campaigns, event management and writing articles on industry best practise. In 2012 she was recognised as one of the Top 30 under 30 in Internal Communications in the UK.

Looking to combine her two passions she now heads up the communications for ‘If Not Us Then Who’ on the road.

Available for communications support to meet your needs. Please get in touch.

She writes most of the blogs for the site.

Jayme

Music

Jayme is first and foremost a musician and composer of films and documentary soundtracks. He’s been writing music for 20 years and has written music for Global Witness, Amnesty International, EIA, WSPA, & Eco TV and the 'If Not Us Then Who?' series. He won an award at the Montana International Wildlife Film festival for his soundtrack, 5×5 -Voices of Change from the forests of Indonesia.

To listen to his tracks or commission your next soundtrack visit: musicbyjay.me

As an avid photographer, Jayme takes most of the photos on the site.

COMMUNICATIONS PORTFOLIO

Good communications at the root of successful projects and campaigns.If you're looking for communications support - get in touch.

Who is protecting our forests?

Communications Manager

Through powerful visuals, we are building a global movement, highlighting the key role indigenous people play in protecting the environment and tackling climate change. Leading on communications from strategy design and implementation to stakeholder management and global event organisation.

Helping build an identity for a brand new business unit through visual communications. Managed internal campaigns and roadshows.

Developing online presence

Digital Communications

Adapting the principles of in-bound marketing to medium-sized charity, building communications to improve relationships with donors.

What I can offer

Communications Support

Adaptable communications guidance to meet a variety of your needs. Confident in developing bespoke strategies or adapting existing plans into tactical delivery with measured results. Extensive experience working across language and cultural boundaries. People focused and accustomed to various working styles. A self-confessed generalist, drawing on know-how from a number of fields.

"A trip to the supermarket is laden with pitfalls and you’re never going to come out with a completely pure shoppingbasket. I ask myself questions like ‘where was this made?’, ‘is it fresh?’ and ‘is it imported?’ However, a productmade locally doesn’t mean that its production has involved fewer greenhouse gases than the production of animported product. I’m learning about that." Article behind a paywall: https://www.lsnglobal.com/tribes/article/21892/low-impact-eaters - or read it in PDF format

HARA - Taking it Slow; Champions of Slow Fashion - November 2017

So called, ‘Fast Fashion’ has dominated the clothing industry for the last 20 years, since the rise of Primark and H&M. As consumers we were bombarded with messages of CHEAP, NEW, MORE, NOW. Production cycles sped up as companies adopted ‘just-in time’ manufacturing of clothes. This one minded approach focused on just the bottom line. Profits soared, our shopping bags and wardrobes bulged. Commissioned piece: https://www.harathelabel.com/blogs/news/taking-it-slow-champions-of-slow-fashion

“I think there are many challenges in a nomadic lifestyle. You face more uncertainty and there is so much new stimulus every day; new conversations, new interactions. It’s easy to stay in the digital nomad bubble, so we try and make sure we get to know a little of the local culture, learn some of the language and spread our spending. On top of that you have to move forward with your career, find new clients, have your meetings, and meet deadlines. At the end of the day this is a wonderful way to live but it’s not all sunsets and filters!”Read on: https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/safe-nomads-8-sophia-cheng-and-jayme-elkins-uk-the-life-of-a-nomadic-couple-18868.html

Tired of the Jakarta traffic or of the tourists in Bali? Yogyakarta might be the happy medium you’re looking for in Indonesia! A city of half a million people, Yogyakarta has a range of accommodation options, cafes with reliable wifi, a variety of delicious eateries including great veggie options, and some co-working spaces have just come onto the scene. Read on: http://womendigitalnomads.com/blog/the-digital-nomads-guide-to-yogyakarta-indonesia/

Amtrak - NY>LA via New Orleans With Sophia - July 2016

We caught up with Sophia Cheng, a self-described nomadic digital storyteller, after she traveled cross country with her significant other on an #AmtrakAdventure out west with a few stops along the way. Read her travel log below for a little trainspiration: http://blog.amtrak.com/2016/07/nyla-via-new-orleans-sophia/

Impact Hub - Digital Nomad Journey - March 2016

In a concerted effort to learn Spanish the third destination on the digital nomad journey was to be Madrid. An easy distance from home and where I had been told that English was not always so readily spoken. Two friends and an Impact Hub in Madrid sealed the deal for me. Read on: http://madrid.impacthub.net/2016/03/15/digital-nomad-journey/